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Three more witnesses have testified in a loan fraud case involving Tk 34 crore, where S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and Prashanta Kumar (PK) Halder are among 13 accused.
The testimonies were recorded on Sunday at Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-5, presided over by Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, court sources confirmed.
The witnesses included Mohammad Modachcher Hasan, Managing Director and CEO of Aviva Finance Limited; Ananta Kumar Pal, Assistant Registrar of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC); and Midhat Aziz, AVP and Head of CRM for deposit operations at Aviva Finance.
According to court sources, the cross-examination of Midhat Aziz has been completed, while the other two witnesses are yet to be fully examined. The court has scheduled September 7 for the continuation of their cross-examinations.
With these testimonies, 14 out of 15 listed witnesses in the case have now testified.
Other accused in the case include S Alam Group Vice Chairman Abdus Samad, directors Mohammad Abdullah Hasan and Shahana Ferdous, along with several former officials of Reliance Finance and Marine Vegetable Oils.
Among the accused, Nahida Runai and Rashedul Haque are currently in jail, while arrest warrants have been issued against the remaining fugitives.
The case alleges that on August 8, 2013, a term loan of Tk 34 crore was fraudulently approved in the name of a fictitious entity and later transferred to S Alam Super Edible Oil Limited.
The court had framed charges against the accused on January 19 this year. The case was filed on July 2 last year by Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Director Tahasin Munabil Haque. The charge sheet was submitted on October 16, and witness testimony began on February 23.
